Amazon attracted headlines on Jan. 14 when Reuters reported that Amazon plans to share data about counterfeit goods with law enforcement. The report stated that Amazon, an ecommerce and technology company, may begin sharing merchant and company names, product and contact information after Amazon confirms the sale of fakes. Ecommerce in the U.S. is big …
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TRAINER: Legislation Seeks to Expand US IPR Border Enforcement Authority
Senate Bill 2987 (S. 2987) was introduced on Dec. 5, 2019, with the aim of giving U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the authority to seize imported items that infringe design patents. In view of CBP’s existing legal authority to protect trademarks and copyrights on its own initiative, i.e., ex officio, S. 2987’s intent is …
E-Commerce’s Counterfeit Threat and the Search for Solutions
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee (SFC) issued its “The Fight Against Fakes” report on Nov. 7, 2019. To some extent, the report repeats what the intellectual property (IP) stakeholder community is familiar with regarding the extent of the problem. The SFC report notes the previously published estimate of international trade in fakes at $509 billion. …
New Customs & Border Protection Announcements on IPR: Clarifying or Confusing?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a press release on February 15, 2018, stating that it had entered into a first of its kind arrangement with Procter & Gamble (P&G) where the company will donate testing devices to CBP that will enable officers to verify the authenticity of P&G products and detect counterfeit goods. …
U.S. Strengthens the Legal Tools to Combat Illegal Trade
Earlier this month, it was announced that President Obama will sign the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. The Act empowers U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to seek the assistance of copyright and trademark owners to determine if imported goods infringe trademarks and copyrights recorded with CBP. In addition, the Act specifically …